Dear Guild members,

Three important items in 1 email:

1. The guild newsletter deadline is approaching (June 25). I believe that the next (July) newsletter will be prepared by your new editor, Jeff Pidgeon, but as we have not totally worked out the transition yet, you may still email items to me (mail@magicalmoonshine.org) until further notice (and I will make sure they are passed on to the appropriate person.)

2. I am willing to help facilitate car pooling to the regional festival in Washington. If you are planning to drive and want to carpool and save gas and driving (about 13 hours from the Bay Area, depending on where you live) send me an email saying whether you are interested in sharing a ride (ecological and economical choice) and whether you have a vehicle that can make the journey (and number of available seats) or whether you are looking to ride (and share costs and possibly driving.) Email: mail@magicalmoonshine.org - Phone: 707-257-8007.

3. Before you hear it from the Swift Boat types and before our guild election nominations close, I must disclose to you all that Valerie (your current guild treasurer and candidate for treasurer) and I (candidate for president) have to move from our home in August and as yet have no place to move to. We are considering many options, and one of these options, unfortunately, is moving out of the Bay Area (or state, or country.) We hope to stay somewhere in the Bay Area, but the membership should know that that is not 100% certain at this point, and should take that into consideration when deciding how to vote for guild officers and whether to run yourselves. Please know that should other candidates wish to come forward (nominations are still open) and should the guild decide it is wiser to put their leadership in more settled hands I will whole-heartedly support that choice.

Yours,
Michael Nelson
current Newsletter Ed.